README.md in rnotify-0.1 vs README.md in rnotify-0.2
- old
+ new
@@ -2,16 +2,52 @@
* Rails.logger messages (ones with severity >= WARN level)
* Results of running rspec/cucumber/test::unit test suits
-In order to use it you need to make sure you have a 'notify-bin' package installed:
+## 2 possible notifications styles
+### New Ubuntu style:
+
+![rnotify screenshot](http://germaninthetown.com/rnotify_screenshot.png)
+
+In order to use it you just need to make sure you have a 'libnotify-bin' package installed:
+
```sh
-sudo apt-get install notify-bin
+$ sudo apt-get install libnotify-bin
```
+### Old Ubuntu style (preferred, since it supports stacking of messages):
+
+![rnotify screenshot with notification-daemon](http://germaninthetown.com/rnotify_screenshot2.png)
+
+if you already have notify-osd installed:
+
+```sh
+$ sudo apt-get install notification-daemon
+$ sudo mv /usr/lib/notify-osd/notify-osd /usr/lib/notify-osd/notify-osd-original
+$ sudo killall notify-osd
+$ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/notification-daemon/notification-daemon /usr/lib/notify-osd/notify-osd
+```
+
+otherwise:
+
+```sh
+$ sudo apt-get install notification-daemon
+$ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/notification-daemon/notification-daemon /usr/lib/notify-osd/notify-osd
+```
+
+Then you could change the look-and-feel of notification window if you want:
+
+```sh
+$ notification-properties
+```
+
+![customizing old notifications style and position](http://germaninthetown.com/rnotify_screenshot3.png)
+
+## Installing
+
then just add this line to your Gemfile:
```ruby
gem 'rnotify'
```
@@ -22,9 +58,10 @@
bundle install
```
TODO:
-* messages merging
+* add minitest adapter
+* messages merging [done - only possible with old ubuntu *notification-daemon* library]
* more icons
Copyright © 2011 Dmitrii Samoilov, released under the MIT license